UER II
Urban Extension Road II
Also known as NH 344M, UER-II and Delhi's third Ring Road
76 km
Open
2 states
Expressway
Route
UER II runs 76 km from Alipur (NH 44), Delhi to Mahipalpur (NH 48), Delhi.
Crosses Delhi and Haryana.
Through Alipur, Rohini, Mundka, Najafgarh and Dwarka.
Why it matters
Delhi's older ring roads run through neighbourhoods that grew up around them, so they are full of traffic lights and jams. UER-II is a proper access-controlled road on the city's western edge, which means trucks and long-distance traffic from Punjab, Haryana and Himachal can reach the airport, Gurugram and Rajasthan without ever entering the built-up city. That is meant to cut both travel time and the pollution that idling traffic causes in the capital.
History
Urban Extension Road II works like a third ring road for Delhi, sweeping around the city's western side from Alipur in the north to the airport area in the south. It was first sketched out in Delhi's Master Plan 2021 as a road to serve the new colonies growing on the city's western edge, but it stayed on paper for years while land was acquired. NHAI finally built it as National Highway 344M, adding two spur roads that run out into Haryana. It lets traffic from north India reach Gurugram, the airport and Rajasthan without squeezing through central Delhi, and it takes a big load off the Outer Ring Road. The Prime Minister opened it on 17 August 2025, on the same day as the Delhi section of the Dwarka Expressway.
Good to know
- Officially National Highway 344M, but everyone calls it UER-II.
- Acts as Delhi's third ring road, after the Ring Road and the Outer Ring Road.
- Connects NH 44 at Alipur with NH 48 near the airport, crossing the Rohtak road at Mundka.
- Spur roads link it to Sonipat and Bahadurgarh in Haryana.
- About 75 km long, of which the main stretch runs entirely inside Delhi.
- The Sonipat spur is about 29.6 km long and runs from the Bawana industrial area to NH 352A at Barwasani in Sonipat district, Haryana.
- The Bahadurgarh spur is about 7.3 km long and joins NH 9, the Rohtak road, at the Bahadurgarh bypass.
- Opened on the same day as the Delhi part of the Dwarka Expressway, 17 August 2025.
Timeline
- 2007Proposed as an urban extension road in Delhi's Master Plan 2021
- 2025Inaugurated by the Prime Minister (17 August), along with the Delhi section of the Dwarka Expressway
Key junctions
- Alipur — the northern end, meeting NH 44 — the Delhi–Chandigarh highway
- Bawana — serves the Bawana industrial area and the start of the Sonipat spur
- Mundka — crossing of NH 9, the Rohtak road
- Najafgarh — main exit for Delhi's south-western villages and colonies; the Bahadurgarh spur branches off just north of here
- Dwarka — exit for the Dwarka sub-city
- Shiv Murti, Mahipalpur — the southern end at NH 48, right beside Delhi airport, where the Dwarka Expressway begins
On the road
Running the full length from Alipur to the airport takes well under an hour when it is clear, against a couple of hours on the old city roads. It is busiest at the Mahipalpur end, where airport traffic joins NH 48. There are few shops or eating places along it because it was built through open land, so treat it as a get-through road rather than a drive with stops. Winter fog is the main hazard, as on all the flat roads around Delhi.
More details
- Lanes
- 6 lanes, access-controlled
- Project cost
- About ₹7,716 crore (Phase 1)